Philosophy Gets Schooled

PGS - Property Dualism

Part 1: Introduction to metaphysics of mind, dualism and property dualism.  Chalmers's zombies!  Part 2 (starts 31min 05 sec): Jackson's Mary argument.  Epiphenomenalism,

PGS - Mind-Brain Type Id. Theory / Eliminative Materialism

Part 1: Intro to metaphysics of mind, physicalism, mind-brain type identity theory - explanation, arguments for and against.  Part 2 (starts 35 min 15 sec): eliminative m

PGS - Substance Dualism

Part 1: Intro to metaphysics of mind, dualism and substance dualism.  Descartes' Indivisibility Argument.  Part 2 (starts: 21min40sec): Descartes' Conceivability Argument

PGS - Philosophical Behaviourism

Part 1: intro to metaphysics of mind and physicalism, 'hard' & 'soft' behaviourism.  Part 2 (starts 29min50sec): dualism against behaviourism, Putnam's super-Spartans, ci

PGS - Functionalism

Part 1: intro to metaphysics of mind, functionalism, advantages. Part 2 (starts: 24min55sec): inverted qualia, no qualia, Mary argument, zombies, Turing/Chinese room/AI a

PGS - Reason as a Source of Knowledge

Part 1: Types of knowledge, definitions. Part 2 (18min15sec): Innate knowledge: Plato's Meno, Leibniz, Locke and Hume.  Part 3 (41min15sec): 'Intuition and Deduction' - H

PGS - Cosmological Argument(s)

Part 1: Intro, Kalam and Aquinas (first 2 ways).  Part 2 (23min25sec): Descartes and criticisms. Part 3 (41min45sec) Aquinas (3rd way), Leibniz and evaluation.  Matt Harr

PGS - Scepticism

Part 1: Scepticism: definition and purpose, brains in vats, scepticism vs. normal disbelief.  Part 2 (25min25sec): Descartes: waves of doubt and his responses.  Part 3 (4

PGS - God’s Attributes

Part 1: Introduction (the 'Omni-God'), eternal and everlasting.  Part 2 (16min50sec): Foreknowledge and time.  Part 3 (33min35sec): Stone Paradox and Euthyphro dilemma. 

PGS - Teleological Argument / Argument from Design

Part 1: introduction, Aquinas, Paley and Hume.  Part 2 (starts 25min05sec): Swinburne, evolution, fine-tuning and evaluation.  Michael Platt and Matt Harris chat with Sim

PGS - Key Terms Bonanza!

Key Terms!  Part 1: assertion/claim, proposition, true/false, justification, analytic/synthetic, a priori/a posteriori.  / Part 2 (starts: 22min05sec): argument, deductiv

PGS - Theory of Knowledge - in-depth

Part 1 - intro, theory of knowledge, tripartite definition.  Part 2 (starts 22min15sec) - Gettier, infallibilism.  Part 3 (starts 45min47sec) - no false lemmas, reliabili

PGS - Problem of Evil - short

Simon Kirchin (University of Kent) summarizes some of the main points and questions about the problem of evil.  Check out the in-depth discussion for more details.  [Musi

PGS - Problem of Evil - in-depth

1st part - intro and Augustine.  2nd part (starts: 32min25sec) - Plantinga and more on free will.  3rd part (starts: 58min50sec) - Hick and concluding reflections.  Matt

PGS - Religious Language - in-depth

Especially good for AQA and EDexcel.  Part 1 - intro, cognitivism and noncognitivism, Ayer and logical positivism.  Part 2 (starts at 29min50sec) - Hick, Flew/Mitchell/Ha

PGS - Natural Law and Situation Ethics - short

Simon Kirchin (University of Kent) introduces natural law ethics and situation ethics.  Check our our in-depth discussion too.  [Music by Alex Grohl]

PGS - Natural Law and Situation Ethics

1st part - Natural Law intro.  2nd part (starts at 19min30sec) - Natural Law Discussion.  3rd part (starts at 37min20sec)- Situation Ethics.  Michael Platt and Toby Bowna

PGS - Ontological Argument - short

Simon Kirchin (Kent) chats and introduces the ontological arg.  Check out our in-depth discussion as well.  [Music by Alex Grohl]

PGS - Ontological Argument - in-depth

1st Part - Anselm and Gaunilo. 2nd Part (starts at 21min) - Descartes, Kant and Malcolm.  Michael Platt, Paul Moore-Bridger and Ben Jones chat with Simon Kirchin.  [Music

PGS - Perceptual Knowledge - short

A short episode where Simon Kirchin (University of Kent) introduces the topic of perceptual knowledge.  Check out the in-depth episode for more discussion and analysis.